I was hit by a 17 y/o kid who turns out was excluded from his parent’s insurance. He wasn’t supposed to be driving his mother’s truck and his mom and dad had specifically excluded their son off their insurance policy! So when he hit me he was driving w/o insurance and never had any. He got a ticket for no insurance and then either he or his parents gave the court the parent’s insurance card to get him out of the ticket knowing full-well he was not covered by their policy.
This has got to be changed. I’m in favor of uninsured cars being towed off and huge fines given to those drivers. Why do cops let motorists drive away who cannot prove they are insured especially when they have been involved in an accident? It makes no sense to me.
California will not issue driver’s licenses to illegal residents, thus, they cannot get auto insurance. This does not stop them from driving anyway. Far better to allow them to get a license and mandate auto insurance. I also like the idea of periodic reporting when policies lapse. It would be similar to the notices your mortgage company receives when a home owner’s policy has lapsed for any reason, for example.
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I was hit by a 17 y/o kid who turns out was excluded from his parent’s insurance. He wasn’t supposed to be driving his mother’s truck and his mom and dad had specifically excluded their son off their insurance policy! So when he hit me he was driving w/o insurance and never had any. He got a ticket for no insurance and then either he or his parents gave the court the parent’s insurance card to get him out of the ticket knowing full-well he was not covered by their policy.
This has got to be changed. I’m in favor of uninsured cars being towed off and huge fines given to those drivers. Why do cops let motorists drive away who cannot prove they are insured especially when they have been involved in an accident? It makes no sense to me.
California will not issue driver’s licenses to illegal residents, thus, they cannot get auto insurance. This does not stop them from driving anyway. Far better to allow them to get a license and mandate auto insurance. I also like the idea of periodic reporting when policies lapse. It would be similar to the notices your mortgage company receives when a home owner’s policy has lapsed for any reason, for example.